Blythe - how would you pronounce?

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I was blithely assuming there was just one way, but my SIL just did something a bit different with it

Does it end with a heavy/longish 'th' or a shortish/light one?

Longish "th"

Your sil didn't pronounce it bliff surely??

Its a lovely name - never heard it pronounced differently!

I would assume bl/igh/th (a short softer th sound as it is used in the word the)

To rhyme with lithe.

Rhymes with tithe. I've never heard anyone use this name in RL though.

Yes, that's what I thought. Bit worried for a moment that I had it all wrong.

Thanks - maybe it's her accent.

I've never heard anyone use this name in RL though.

Even better

Bl-eye-th

The th would be the same as the one qt the end of clothe, so longish, longer than cloth.

I'm prob wrong though.

Your sil didn't pronounce it bliff surely??

Hard to describe, but she almost made it rhyme with 'life'. So she made the 'th' so light it sounded close to 'blyfe'

It's a lovely name, reminds me of Blythe Danner

In littlest pet shop the girl is called this and is pronounced bly-th. So the bly like fly with the th sound on the end.

It's my Dad's middle name and we pronounce it bl/igh/th, rhyming with lithe as pp said

Yes Pooka there needs to be some reverberation in the 'th; sound I think.

It's my daughter's middle name and we also pronounce it to rhyme with lithe. Great name!

My daughter's best friend is a Blythe. She pronounces it Bly-ve.

Ah, does your SIL suffer from Estaury English?! Any name here that should be pronounced "th" gets an F. Maffew, Roof, Faif, Blyfe

I also wondered if your SIL was from sarf London.

Ha. No, not estuary english or sarf london. Really quite poshe.

I can 'hear' it in my head in an essex accent and SIL's rendering would make more sense that way. Maybe she has only ever met an Estuary Blythe?

I pronounce like blithely without the ly.

I knew a boy in the sixties called Blyth without an e

Blythe to rhyme with life (but not changing the th to a f) is acceptable. I pronounce it both ways. In my head obviously, it's not one I use much

It's my maiden name, with a long 'th,' although I've also had people pronounce it with a short 'th,' as well as blyt (to rhyme with fight) and blyd (to rhyme with fried).

Fine as a surname, don't like it as a first name. Quite masculine for a girl.

You think? I think it has quite a 30s/40s femininity to it, but a quite strong meaning.

...and the child that is born on the sabbath day is bonny and blythe and good and gay.

never heard it used as a name before. Love it!